Mennella, James J vs Saavedra Alba, Jhoseph Adrian

US Amateur Team Ch East · Round 2 · 2008.02.16 · 0-1 · D00 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined: O'Kelly Defense

Moves

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52.
PGN
[Event "US Amateur Team Ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mennella, James J"]
[Black "Saavedra Alba, Jhoseph Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[WhiteFideId "2032260"]
[BlackFideId "3341011"]
[ECO "D00u"]
[Source "Codekiddy"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nc3 c6 5. fxe4 e5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Ng4 8.
Ke1 Nxe5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 14. Nf3
Nd7 15. b3 Nxd2 16. Kxd2 Rad8 17. Ke2 Nc5 18. a3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rfe8 20. Nd2 f5
21. b4 Bf4 22. Rad1 Rxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Rxe4+ 24. Kd1 Bxd2 25. Kxd2 Kf7 26. Rf1 Ke6
27. Rf3 h6 28. h3 g5 29. Kd3 Ke5 30. c3 h5 31. Rf1 f4 32. Rf3 g4 33. hxg4 hxg4
34. Rf2 Re3+ 35. Kd2 Ke4 36. Rf1 Rd3+ 37. Kc2 Rg3 38. Re1+ Re3 39. Rg1 Re2+ 40.
Kb3 Ke3 41. Rd1 Rxg2 42. Rd7 f3 43. Rxb7 f2 44. Rf7 Rg3 45. Re7+ Kd2 46. Rd7+
Rd3 47. Rf7 Rxc3+ 48. Kb2 Rf3 49. Rd7+ Rd3 50. Rf7 Ke2 51. Re7+ Re3 52. Rxa7
f1=Q 0-1